Wildlife Biology and Ecology Flashcards

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1
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what is a life process

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A process necessary to live

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How many processes are there

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8
growth and repair
nutrition 
circulation
respiration
secretion 
sensations
locomotion
reproduction
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what is growth and repair

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increase size by adding cells or cells grow

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What is nutrition

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food ingested and absorbed

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5
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what is circulation

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movement if substances within an organism

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6
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what is respiration

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breathing

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7
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what is secretion

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production within organism of watery substances needed for life process

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8
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what are sensations

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ability to feel or gather information from the environment

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9
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what is locomotion

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movement; moving from one place to another

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10
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what is reproduction

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producing new organisms of the same species; both asexual and sexual

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11
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which of the 8 processes can you live without

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reproduction

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12
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what is life span

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how long you live

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13
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what is an ecosystem

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community of abiotic and biotic factors

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14
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what is saphrophage

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organisms that eat dead plants and animals

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15
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what are the two food groups (hint: living and dead)

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saphrophage and biophage

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16
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what is biophage

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eating without saying the word eating-eating organisms that are alive (note: wtf are you saying charle but ok)

17
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how do organisms get nutrition

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what is the process of changing food

19
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every species has a different amount of _____

20
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what are chromosomes

21
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animals receive __________ form each parent

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half chromosomes

22
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what is a food chain

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from prey to preditor, death and rebirth again

23
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what is a community

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all living things in an ecosystem with some sort of harmony

24
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what is a niche

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job specific to animal

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nutrition varies when
for each species
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Examples of getting food
Deer browse for food | oysters sit and filter for food
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what does alkaline mean
less acidic
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what are the two types of circulation
circulatory system for animals and vasculatory system for plants
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what are the two types of tissues in a plant
xylem-water and raw foods-nutrients | phloem-nutrients from food out to the soil